Legal Manager East Africa at Colgate-Palmolive

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES -

General Commercial Legal Services

• Managing relationships with key executive subsidiary business partners and stakeholders by clarifying partner intentions and needs, translate into relevant legal topics, directs resources to address legal issues and needs
• Providing subsidiary legal counsel by assisting in defining issues, gathers pertinent information/legal background, formulates and provides recommendations, brings additional legal resources to bear as necessary
• Assists in clearance of advertising and sales promotion materials
• Customizes global/divisional contracts and templates for local legal requirements
• Preparing and advising on corporate communications and related requests
• Monitoring government agency and industry associations for issues/concerns pertinent to CP; attend legal committees of local industry associations
• Supporting local corporate governance related activities, filings, legal status to ensure compliance
• Providing support for legal HR administration at the local level
• Responding to legal litigation challenges, coordinating litigation related activities, e.g. involving Outside Counsel, Division or Corporate Specialists; recording items in databases as required
• Assists with risk and crisis management
• Assist and provide support for internal and external audits and remediation actions
• Maintain all appropriate databases, all companies records up to date using company available repository tools on a timely manner and reporting back
• Managing external legal counsel whenever required including setting out and controlling spend including timeous spend management on company repository tools
• Conducts training workshops on legal matters

Brand Protection/Anti-Counterfeiting

• Responsible for helping to develop regional and local strategies (country specific) plans in the field of Brand protection
• Accountable for managing all brand protection related work (including but not limited to investigations, raids/sweeps, border protection work, law enforcement trainings, civil litigation, criminal prosecutions) in the hub
• Overseeing the work of consultants, investigators, and outside counsel; working closely with law enforcement, and working as a key liaison among key stakeholders, including but not limited to Global Brand Protection, the Division and all involved subs/hubs
• Timely reporting back including but not limited to filling internal reporting tools ensuring transparency in all efforts
• Conducts training workshops for internal and external audiences

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS - 

• A Bachelor's law degree 
• Minimum 5 years of working experience as an in-house counsel and/or practicing lawyer
• Fluent in English